Question

A special cereal mixture contains rice,wheat,corn in the ratio of 2:3:5
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Answer 1

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How can I solve the math problem? A special cereal mixture contains rice, wheat, and corn in the ratio of 2:3:5. If a bag of the mixture contains 3 pounds of rice, how much wheat and corn does it contain?

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Let r denote rice, W denote wheat and c denote corn.

Ratio represent the percentage of each quantity in the mixture.

2:3:5 >> 2+3+5 = 10

From the question there are three pounds of rice

Now let x denote the total sum of the mixture

2/10 * X = 3

2X/10 = 3

Cross multiplying

2X = 3 * 10

2X = 30

Divide both side by 2

X = 15

W =

3/10 * 15 = 45/10= 4.5

C =

5/10 * 15 = 75/10 = 7.5

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